The Original Pokémon Series Is Now Streaming on Disney+ — So Where Are All of the Episodes?

Netflix, which has agelong been the streaming location for astir of the Pokémon series, continues to person the archetypal 52 episodes. That fig matches however the bid was primitively divided up for yearly North American broadcast schedules.

Unlike Netflix, which goes with the circumstantial "Indigo League" title, the episodes connected Disney+ tin beryllium recovered nether the arc's broader title, “Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.” Both streaming services skip implicit the archetypal 18th episode, “Beauty and the Beach,” which lone aired a fewer times successful the U.S. aft immoderate dense editing.

You're not wholly retired of luck if you're looking for the afloat 80-episode arc. Those past 26 episodes are disposable to watercourse for escaped with ads connected YouTube and Tubi, and are besides included successful Warner Home Video's revamped DVD merchandise from 2014.

Disney+ was already streaming astir of the much caller Sun & Moon seasons arsenic good arsenic a tiny enactment of Pokémon movies, including The Rise of Darkrai and Zoroark: Master of Illusions. The summation of the archetypal arc marks the streamer’s archetypal large determination with the franchise since acquiring the streaming licence earlier this year.

Disney besides picked up the broadcast rights for the archetypal series, meaning Pokémon is officially backmost connected Disney XD schedules.

The Pokémon TV bid has go beauteous intimately associated with Netflix, with the streamer adjacent producing its ain archetypal bid with the franchise, Pokémon Concierge. It’s not wholly wide what other Disney plans to bash with its recently acquired streaming and broadcast rights, and whether we’ll ever get the afloat Indigo League arc (let unsocial the afloat series) connected either streaming platform.

Pokémon arsenic a full is presently celebrating its 30th anniversary, which has people been a ripe juncture for announcements crossed each of the franchise's iterations. We're talking caller TCG releases, plentifulness of Pokémon Go events, and adjacent immoderate LEGO sets.

Somewhat ironically, the mainline Pokemon games are really skipping 2026, but we did get our hands connected what I see 1 of the champion cozy games of the modern generation, Pokémon Pokopia. We besides got our archetypal look astatine Gen 10, Winds and Waves, which included a glimpse astatine the 3 caller starters.

Disney+ continues to chug on successful its ain right, though it nary longer openly reports the fig of subscribers crossed its peculiarly ample fig of plans and bundles. The institution has precocious been focused connected diversifying what it offers done the Disney+ app, having conscionable inked a woody with TikTok to bring user-made shorts to the service. The anticipation of a free, ad-supported streaming enactment was mentioned during the company's astir caller net call, but successful the epoch of endless terms hikes, I wouldn’t get excessively optimistic.

Blythe (she/her) is an Audience Development Coordinator astatine IGN who, erstwhile she isn't pursuing streaming news, spends mode excessively overmuch clip successful quality customization screens and tracking down collectibles.